How to Install and Uninstall clamav-daemon Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "clamav-daemon" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install clamav-daemon on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install clamav-daemon

2. Uninstall "clamav-daemon" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall clamav-daemon on Debian 11 (Bullseye):

$ sudo apt remove clamav-daemon $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the clamav-daemon package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: clamav-daemon
Source: clamav
Version: 0.103.6+dfsg-0+deb11u1
Installed-Size: 1042
Maintainer: ClamAV Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: adduser, clamav-base (= 0.103.6+dfsg-0+deb11u1), clamav-freshclam (>= 0.103.6+dfsg) | clamav-data, dpkg (>= 1.16.1), lsb-base (>= 3.2-13), procps (>= 1:3.3.2), ucf, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.28), libclamav9 (>= 0.103.6), libcurl4 (>= 7.18.2), libncurses6 (>= 6), libsystemd0, libtinfo6 (>= 6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0.2)
Recommends: clamdscan
Suggests: libclamunrar, apparmor, clamav-docs, daemon
Description: anti-virus utility for Unix - scanner daemon
Description-md5: dc258511e9e1f62ef33172c190a0fad6
Homepage: https://www.clamav.net/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::daemon,
mail::filters, network::server, role::program, security::antivirus,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::scanning, works-with::file, works-with::mail
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.103.6+dfsg-0+deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 256868
MD5sum: 98122452230e2635d9c3728fb9a43dd9
SHA256: 45f13916e0965db3828374e340fd7298df3abecc8eef7c7765f958aef65cb846